Word: parallelism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Along the east coast road, where harvest-golden paddy fields came down to the sand dunes off the Sea of Japan, the South Korean 3rd Division this week reached Wonsan, where they encountered their first stiff resistance after a march of 100 miles in seven days from the 38th parallel...
...week's end the crack U.S. 1st Cavalry Division had crossed the Imjin River, driven back remnants of the enemy's 9th and 18th Divisions, seized Kaesong, last South Korean city held by the Reds. This week the 1st Cavalry pushed across the parallel in force. They were on the main railway and road to Pyongyang...
...American right flank, four South Korean divisions were well across the parallel, moving up in a looping front from the center of the peninsula to their farthest penetration on the east coast...
...soon became clear that no compromise was possible. With Rhee's agreement, both the U.S. and U.N. urged that North Korea take part in a nationwide general election. North Korea's Communist leaders refused. Fearing the results of a free election, they turned the 38th parallel into an impassable frontier, thereby economically crippling both halves of Korea...
With the United Nations' offensive rolling on across the 38th parallel, Canadian defense planners found themselves with an embarrassing question on their hands: What should be done with Canada's 10,000-man Korean Brigade? Chances were that the half-trained unit could not get overseas in time to help with the Korean fighting. But most Canadians agreed that the brigade should be kept under arms as part of a permanent U.N. police force...